Our family had a very enlighting experience at the Ken Ham talk on "One Blood, One Race" last evening! It is interesting what a person will unknowingly digest from a culture that is completely false and inaccurate in many forms. Being convicted of areas of complete ignorance I am inspired to write this and publish it, other than for my own outlet of thoughts and ramblings!
We have recently been taken from a completely caucausian family to a bi-racial family in the conviction of adoption of two young girls from Haiti. I would not consider ourselves or our children to have been racist in anyway, with the exception of course of comments made such as "the blacks always being better at athletic behavior" or "there are several chinese kids in our childrens class this year" etc. We also would take to the mindset of keeping the marriage of two people the same color and race. After last evenings talk, we were convicted of being quite wrong in the analogy of the Bible and what it says about race and wrong as well in the culture that we have been brought up in.
We have much to learn from our history, but our history is in the past. The time to look forward is now. Each of us must act within the sphere God has given us and not wait for someone else to change the system. And whether in personal actions or systemic change, we must look to the cross of Christ to bridge the racial gap.
"For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity . . . so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace Ephesians" 2:14-16.
We are all getting our eyes opened, many thought provoking things going on in the world.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord is doing huge things in the lives of those who are willing to step out in faith and ask God what he has for us to go do! Walking by faith is not easy but so satisfying!!
Abbey said you might go to Haiti to visit?
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Love the shoes, are they in order of age?
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